Sanaa Ahmed Seif El-Islam Abdel Fattah

An activist and program developer, born on December 20, 1993. She was arrested on 23 June 2020 in front of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, where she was heading along with her mother and sister to file a complaint. The previous day, Sana and her family had been assaulted in front of Tora prison by women while they were waiting to receive a letter or information from Sana’s brother Alaa Abdel Fattah. Sana was kidnapped in a microbus in front of the Attorney General’s office in Cairo, then was brought before the State security Prosecution. She is accused in Case 12499 of 2020, Misdemeanor of the First Assembly, which is registered as state security case no.  659 of 2020 of promoting the commission of a terrorist crime, spreading false news, insulting police personnel, insulting a police officer. She was sentenced to one and a half years. She is being held in the revenue section of Qanater prison for women.

Kamal El-Balchy

Director of one of the foreign tourism companies in Marsa Alam. He is the brother of journalist Khaled Al-Balshi. He was arrested on September 20, 2020, was subjected to disappearance for 10 days, and then appeared pending State security case no. 880 of 2020, accused of demonstrating and spreading false news, joining a banned group and misusing social media. He is being held in Tora Liman Prison.

Ola El-Karadawi

She is the daughter of Sheikh Yusef al-Qaradawi, is married to Hussam Khalaf – detained – and has children. She and her husband were arrested while on vacation in the North Coast on June 30, 2017, and she was charged in state security Case no. 316 of 2017 of belonging to a group established in contravention of the provisions of the law. On July 3, 2019, the Cairo Criminal Court decided to release her, but she was rotated on another state security Case No. 800 of 2019 to the accusation of joining a terrorist group and financing it from within prison. She is being held in solitary confinement in Qanater Women Prison.

Mohamed El-Galali

He is the admin of both Red Line and Sexology Facebook pages, which are two pages interested in disseminating sexual education. He was arrested from his home in Tanta on August 27, 2020, and the Public Prosecution charged him in Tanta II misdemeanor Case No. 21022 of 2020, which is registered under economic misdemeanor case No. 1004 of 2020 for inciting the commission of debauchery, violating family principles and values of the Egyptian society, publishing images that are injurious of public decency, and having a special account on the web with the aim of committing and facilitating the previous crimes. He was released on bail in September 2020, but the case was referred to trial in October 2020. On December 31, 2020, the court decided to punish him with 3 years’ imprisonment and a fine of 20 thousand pounds.

Moataz Abdel Wahab

A film producer, who is married with children, was arrested from his company’s headquarters in Maadi on May 5, 2020, and accused in state security Case 586 of 2020 of participation in a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes and spreading false news. The Criminal Court decided to release him on October 5, 2020. The release decision was not implemented and he was rotated on state security Case No. 855 of 2020, to the accusation of joining a terrorist group. He was subjected to enforced disappearance twice during his imprisonment.

Omar El-Sheneity

A businessman, owner of Alef bookstore, is married with children. He was arrested from his home on June 25, 2019, and accused in State security Case No. 930 of 2019, (known as the Hope Alliance case) of the participation of a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes and spreading false news. His finances were frozen since August 2017.

Kholoud Said

Researcher and translator at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. She was arrested from her home in Alexandria on April 21, 2020, was subjected to disappearance for a week, and then appeared pending State security case 558 of 2020, accused of belonging to a terrorist group, spreading false news, and using a website with the aim of committing a terrorist crime. On December 13, 2020, the Criminal Court decided to release her. She was subjected to enforced disappearance from the police station on December 26, 2020, and then appeared on January 11, 2021, in connection with a new Case No. 1017 of 2020 for allegedly participating in a terrorist group with knowledge of its objectives, spreading false news, and using an internet account for the purpose of committing the previous crime.

Ayman Abdel Moati

He was born on July 30, 1970, married with a son, and he is the director of publicity and marketing for Dar Maraya for Publishing and Distribution. He was arrested from his workplace on October 18, 2018, subjected to a period of enforced disappearance, and then accused in state security Case no. 621 of 2018, of spreading false news and joining a group established contrary to the provisions of the law. A decision was issued to release him in August 2020, and then he was rotated on state security Case No. 880 of 2020 on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and misusing social media.

Hussein Khamis

He was arrested from his workplace in Alexandria in December 2019. He is accused in State security Case 1898 of 2019, of publishing false news, participating in a terrorist group with knowledge of its objectives, and misusing social media. He is being held in Tora Investigation Prison.

Rashad Kamal

Labor leader and president of the regional federation of independent trade unions in Suez. He was arrested at his home at dawn on September 23, 2019. He was investigated in State security Case No. 1338 of 2019, on charges of participating in a terrorist group and spreading false news, demonstrating and gathering, against the background of the protests of September 20, 2019, and on November 3, 2020 the Criminal Court decided to release him and replace pretrial detention with precautionary measures. However, he was subjected to rotation in connection with State security Case No. 1056 of 2020, on charges of joining a terrorist group and promoting its ideas inside prison.